Vegetable-cutter.



W. H. GEBAUER."

VEGETABLE CUTTER.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 23, 1909. I

Patented July 26, 1910.

.To all whom it may concern. 3 i

UNITED sra'rus Parana. curios.

:WILLIAM H. enrn'o'nn, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VEGETABL -commit.

assess.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description or the invention, such as GEBAU'ER,

.will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices'employed for cutting, crushing or pressing vegetables, fruits, and-for similar' purposes, and has for one o'fits objects to improve the construction and increase the'efliciency and utility of de- 1 vices of this character.

' channel 14 With this and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafterv shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the inven-' tion, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the improved device. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and-6 are plan views of the various forms of the removable members through which the'various fruits or vegetables are forced and by which'they are divided or crushed. Fig. 7 is a view of the plate which will be employed when the improved device is employed for pressing products or substances. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the member which will be employed when the improved device is used as a sausage stuffer and for like purposes.

The improved device comprises a body 10, preferably circular and with its side walls slightly converging toward the lower end, as shown in Fig. .1. At its lower end the body 10 is provided with an inwardly di-" rected or flange 11, and with a bracket 12 rising from the upper portion at one side. Arranged for operation within the member 10 is a at its lower end to receive a packing member 15, the latter being preferably of rubber or like material, andv operating relatively close to the side walls of the member '10. The members 13.15 are .so ar-' end,so that the vegetables, fruits, or'other products within the member 10 will be orced downwardly by the operation of the plunger, as hereafter explained.

Rising from the plunger 13 are inwardly members through which the inclusive. designed to be empltyed when the product plunger 13 having an encircling converging arms 16, which terminate cen trally of the member 10 in a. stem 17. Piv oted at 18 to the bracket 12 is an operating lever 19, the lever being pivoted at 20 to the stem 17. By this means 'itwill be understood that the operation of the .lever will cause the requisite movement to the plunger.

The flange 11 is designed to support the fruits, Vegetables, or'other products are forced by the operation of the plunger, and a variet of these devices are provided with each .0 the members 10, and in'Figs. 2 to 8 inclusive, are shown a number of these members.

Each of the members from 2 to G, and like- 21 which bears upon the supporting flange v11, while the intermediate portion is provided with relatively fine apertures 22, coarser apertures 23, wire nettin 24-, relative fine transversely arrange cutting blades 25,-spaced cutting blades 26, or relatively coarsely arranged cutting blades 27 as shown in the various figures from 1 to 6 The member shown' in Fig. 1 is is to be finely div ed, while the larger apertures 23 shown in Fig. 2 will be employed when the material is to be closely divided. The structure 24 is of wire netting which will be employed for some products while the structure 25 and 27 Wlll be employed when still coarser divisions of the product are desired.

to be divided into long thin slices, while the imperforate member 33 will be employed when the material is simply to be com pressed. In Fig. 8 the de'viceis shown which will be employed in manufacturing sausage and like products. Each of thevarious devices, as before noted, are designed to bear upon the flange 11, and are interchangeable without structural changes in any of the parts. The structure shown in Fig. 3 being somewhat weak, will be strengthened by cross-bars 29,. as shown.

Theimproved device may thus be employed for slicing potatoes, crushing fruits or producin -fruit juic'esof various kinds, crushing or ividing lemons in manufacturing lemonade. The structure shown in Fig. 3 will be found convenient for straining honey, crushing fruits for manufacturing -90 The structure 26 enables the product wines and jellies and the like. The structure juices, and crushing lemons for lemonade."

The structure shown in Fig. 4' is designed for cutting potatoes for producing what is known as French fry, while the structure shown in Fig. 5 is employed for slicing potatoes and for similar purposes. ture shown in Fig. 6 will be found of advantage in cutting up turnips and similar vegetables.

The packing member 15 being of compressible material will bear against the inner walls of the member 10 as the plunger approaches the lower end of the member and will be compressed as the plunger moves downward and thus the pressure against the yieldable member will increase as the plunger approaches the flange l1 and the divided member supported thereon, so that the material being acted upon will be effectually prevented rom escaping upwardly past the plunger, as the increase of pressure against the material will correspondingly increase the grip of the member 15 against the member 10, and thus cause the member 15 to automatically adapt itself to the conditions under which it operates.

The improved device is simple in construction, with the arts easily separable for cleansing after eac1 operation. The parts are entlrely of metal and galvanized or otherwise coated or treated to prevent corrosion. The member 10 is mounted upon su porting legs 30, and may be attached to a table or like support 31, thelatterpreferably provided with an aperture 32 through whlch the product from the various parts The strucwithin the casing at its smaller end, a plun-.

ger operating within the casing and smaller in diameter than the smaller end of the same, and a yieldablemember carried by the plunger and bearing against the converging sides of the receptacle, and means for moving said' plunger toward said diaphragm, whereby the resistance between the plunger and the casing increases as the plunger approaches the diaphragm.

2. A device of the class described comprisinga receptacle open at the ends and with/ the sides converging toward one end, the smaller end of the receptacle being for: ed with an inwardly directed annular rib a de-' tachable member supported upon sai rib, a plunger movable in said casing and of less diameter than the smallest end of the same, a yieldable member carried by said lunger and bearing against the converging gdes of the receptacle, and means for movin said plunger toward the detachable m ber, whereby the resistance of the yieldable ember is lncreased as the plunger approaches the detachable member.

In testimony whereof, I afilx my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. GEBAUER.

Witnesses;

HENRY J. ScHMIoKLER, Enw. A. LUBELEY. 

